OH GOD IT'S OIAF.

Heeeet guyyyyyys. I've been incredibly busy keeping up with school, student government, and prepping for the Ottawa International Animation Festival. And part of that prepping is a new (properly done this time around) portfolio!
Also, I noticed I've never posted any figure work here, so I'm posting the figure pages of my Mini-Ottawa-Portfolios. Enjoy!

Glorious Tights.

I used to have stirrup pants like these. I was So. Damn. Cool.
Anyways, just playing around with Flash, lineless, characters I haven't hung out with in a while, and noses that aren't noses. Enjoy!

Business and Birds

Hey I never posted these! Before Noel Night last year, I took some *gLaMoUr sHoTs* of the worry birds:




Now-a-days they've all flown the coop to live with the wonderful people who bought them. The only ones still with me are Prototype and Oswald II Who-Has-No-Legs.

In other news, new business card. This is the backside

I < 3 Music.

You hear it all the time, but music really is incredibly inspiring sometimes. Sufjan Steven's Greetings from Michigan is one of my favorite albums right now. The songs just FEEL like Michigan, and as a resident of this state for 13 years, the familiarity is a wonderful muse. The song Romulus is definitely my favorite. It's a hauntingly sad and simple story about a poor mother and her children. I got completely stuck on it, put it on repeat, and happily doodled this piece. It was nice to do something and not give a damn about it's final quality.

And now for something completely different.

I've been posting a lot! of animation work, so here's something from a different vein. I did this tattoo a) for a character reference and b) because in a perfect world I'd alter the composition to fit my back and get it! It's from 2007. Man, that seems so long ago!


It's based on traditional irezumi designs. The dragon, curling around the eddy of water, surrounded by the koi fish, tells the legend that if a carp swims all the way up the Longmen Falls, it turns into a dragon. It represents struggle, perseverance and then successes in all aspects of life.

I lied. Here's some art.

Here's the layout to scene 3:

Another Art-Free Post. :(

They closed the 24 hr labs at school! I couldn't work on my animatic for a whole month! THE HORROR.
School's just started. It's going to be a busy year. Two studios, three liberal arts, jam packed afternoons, and Student Government. I've never noticed just how little time I get to spend drawing anymore. Looks like i'll be hitting up Saturday figure clinics.
Plus Ottawa is fast arriving! It needs to be a strong year for me, what with spreading the word about my little film and that I'll be roaming the internship market soon! Gotta get my name out soon, eh? That means a proper portfolio, new biz cards, a demo reel, ACK! I need to pause time! October, don't come to soon!
On a side note, my sister is getting married in October!